INDEX
A. CLINICAL FEATURES OF NAUSEA AND VOMITING OF PREGNANCY (NVP)
AND HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM (HG)
Review Index Number (R1)
1. Incidence of NVP.
2. Features of the nausea of NVP (a) Percentage of women with NVP who have nausea only: (b)
episodic nature of nausea in pregnancy; (c) regular daily pattern of NVP; (d) severity of
nausea; average duration of days of nausea per pregnancy; average duration in hours of
nausea per pregnancy. Numbers of women with NVP classified by total hours of nausea; (e)
nausea the most distressing symptom of NVP; (f) Hyperemesis Gravidarum develops from
NVP; (g) the nausea of NVP is unusual compared to nausea in other conditions.
3. (a) Incidence of vomiting in early pregnancy; (b) severity of vomiting occurring daily; (c)
total number of vomits in each woman; (d) significance of vomiting in relation to nausea
positive correlation; (e) incidence of vomiting alone without nausea.
4. Analysis of time of onset of NVP from first day of last menstrual period (LMP) (a) mean day
of onset of NVP; (b) early onset of NVP; (c) late onset of NVP; (d) onset of vomiting; (e)
time of onset of NVP and HG in relation to their severity; (f) peak time of NVP from LMP.
5. Cessation of NVP from first day of last period (LMP).
6. Percentage of women, who deliver a singleton normal infant, who have no NVP.
7. Time of day of NVP. (a) Exclusively morning or evening; (b) NVP before and after midday;
(c) morning sickness is a misnomer; (d) time of day for vomiting in NVP.
8. (a) Variation of severity of NVP from pregnancy to pregnancy in the same women:
(b) symptoms of NVP can recur similarly from one pregnancy to the next in the same women;
(c) there is a 50-66% chance symptoms of NVP will be similar in succeeding pregnancies;
(d) seven recent papers a higher rate for recurrent HG 70-80% in succeeding pregnancies in
the same woman is recorded.
9. Hyperemesis Gravidarum. (a) Incidence of HG; (b) time from LMP until admission to
hospital due to HG; (c) length of stay in hospital for HG; (d) re-admission to hospital for HG;
(e) prompt recovery after therapeutic abortion or after delivery for HG and NVP patients;
(f) the significance of HG in early pregnancy, incidence, cost.
10. NVP in animals.